Press release: Victims Support Section organizes a Regional Civil Party Forum for 350 Civil Parties in Case 002 to meet the Civil Party Lawyers and other officials of ECCC

24 December 2010

Media Alert

Victims Support Section organizes a Regional Civil Party Forum  for 350 Civil Parties

in Case 002 to meet the Civil Party Lawyers and other officials of ECCC

The Victims Support Section (VSS) of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) is to organize a Regional Civil Party Forum for 350 Civil Party from 6 different provinces of Cambodia on 28 December 2010 at Hotel Hor Bunny, Kratie Province from 8:00 a.m.

The Regional Civil Party Forum aims to promote victims’ participation by providing a safe venue and opportunities for 350 Civil Parties (CPs) in Case 002 who come from Kampong Cham, Kratie, Stung Treng, Rattanakiri, Mondulkir​i and Prey Veng Provinces, to meet with their Civil Party Lawyers (CPLs) to discuss their rights, complaints, and judicial proceedings of ECCC as well as to generate idea from the CPs on related reparation programs for CPLs to formulate for proposal to the ECCC.

The Civil Parties would also hear the latest developments of the ECCC proceedings from officials of various offices of the ECCC and others from the civil society. 

This Regional Civil Party Forum is one of the seven fora whereby the VSS plans to organize this year as part of the victims’ participation project in enabling for victims to seek justice through the ECCC proceedings. Other 6 fora will be organized regionally throughout Cambodia in 2011.

For further information, please contact:

IM Sophea Outreach Coordinator Victims Support Section, ECCC Mobile: +855 (0) 77 777 367 Tel: +855 (0) 23 219 814 ext. 6602 Email: im.sophea@eccc.gov.kh